Classic Paperback by Frank Kermode

Product Details

• Publisher: Harvard University Press (1983-09-06)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 142 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780674133983
• Item Weight: 368.55 grams
• Dimensions: 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 cm

Frank Kermode attempts to determine the criteria for classical literature through an analysis of the social and intellectual importance of great works of the past.

About the Author

Frank Kermode (1919–2010) was a British literary critic and the author or editor of more than fifty books, including The Sense of an Ending, a defining work of fiction theory. A regular contributor to London Review of Books and the New York Review of Books, Kermode was knighted in 1991. He was King Edward VII Professor of English Literature at University of Cambridge.